Keto Mexican Cauliflower Skewers – Low Carb

These Keto Mexican Cauliflower Skewers have it all – bold flavors, fantastic texture, and the fun factor of summer food on a stick! You’ll never even miss the corn in this low carb remake of the classic Mexican street food favorite!

When we were in the states recently, we ate tons of Mexican corn with friends. Which is weird because I live in Central America where grilled corn in various forms is sold everywhere – and yet I never eat it. It’s likely because when I’m traveling I’m more apt to eat carbs then when I am at home, where I’m always undoing the damage of going off keto while away. It’s a vicious cycle, but I digress.

Anyway now that we’re back on Roatan and I’m back on keto, I wanted to enjoy all of the bold flavors of Mexican corn, while still keeping it low carb. I thought cauliflower, being the blank flavor canvas that it is, might make a good substitute for the actual corn cob.

If I’m being 1000% honest, it’s not quite as good as the actual Mexican corn. Just keeping it real.

BUT, that being said, it’s pretty awesome and has all the important parts down!

Spicy, tangy, salty, sweet – it’s really, REALLY, good.

I should probably backtrack a bit for those of you who aren’t familiar with Mexican corn. I was introduced to it by Hungry Jr. a few years ago when he saw a you tube video about it and said “Mom, we HAVE to make this!” So we tried a version at home and were instantly hooked.

Traditional Mexican corn, or “Elote” isn’t always grilled. In fact we’ve seen (and made it) boiled, many times. Once cooked, it’s slathered with mayonnaise, sprinkled with powdered chili’s (ancho, chipotle, or even cayenne all work,) a squeeze of lime, some crumbled cotija cheese, and finished with some chopped cilantro.

The flavor combination is really quite addictive!

For my keto Mexican Cauliflower recipe, I put the cooked cauliflower on skewers to preserve the fun factor of eating corn on the cob – though you could absolutely do this in a bowl salad style and eat it with a fork!

All of the other components are the same as the original Mexican corn, though I will say that if you can’t get Cotija cheese, grated parmesan works absolutely fine to get that saltiness that the cheese brings.

If you love Mexican corn as much as I do, then I think you’ll love my Keto Mexican Cauliflower – which is a pretty awesome substitute. Because the cauliflower lacks the natural sweetness of corn, I sweetened my mayonnaise a bit, so that the flavor would be more authentic overall.

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This is delicious! It was the perfect side dish for our keto Cinco de Mayo. I used allulose instead of erythritol because it dissolves so easily. I only added 1/2 tsp of chipotle chile powder and we found it to be quite spicy. Highly recommend!

MMM! Instead of making skewers, I roasted my cauliflower in an oven with the spices and then just spooned some of the mayonnaise sauce on top…the roasting brought out the natural sweetness rather than using sweetener…it was delicious! I love street corn and I thought this adaptation hit the spot without all the carbs!

Before Keto and before we moved to live in Mexico, I loved Mexican corn during the corn season in Wisconsin where we lived. Once we moved to Mexico I was a little disappointed because the corn was not sweet corn but that didn’t last long because I went keto. Your recipe will be used many times in our house and shared with our keto friends. Perhaps the only difference is that in this part of Mexico they use sour cream in place of the mayonnaise. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

What a fun idea! I grew up in Southern California and Mexican Street Corn on the Cob was very easy to get (although, for some reason I only at it when I was on vacation in Mexico) I know this will be a fun way to present cauliflower to my husband, and I am sure he will love it.

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